OUR MARTYRED DIPLOMATS (1973-1994) – AMBASSADOR (R) BİLAL N. ŞİMŞİR
The Center for Eurasian Studies (AVİM) will organize a meeting to launch the book titled Şehit Diplomatlarımız (1973-1994) (En. Our Martyred Diplomats (1973-1994) authored by Ambassador (R) Bilal N. Şimşir.
The assassinations of Mehmet Baydar, the Turkish Consul-General in Los Angeles and his Deputy, Bahadir Demir, on 27 January 1973 by an Armenian-American named Mkrtich Yanikian was assumed by officials and the public to be the result of the personal madness of a lunatic. However, the assassinations of the Turkish Ambassadors in Vienna and Paris two and a half years after the first assassination revealed that these assassinations were well beyond the personal madness of a lunatic and were a result of an organized terror campaign. As a matter of fact, between the years 1975-1994, as a result of twenty seven assassination attempts against the members of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, consulate workers and their families in nineteen countries across four continents, thirty four diplomats were martyred. Twenty four of these assassinations were comitted by ASALA (Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia) and JCAG-ARA (Justice Commandos for the Armenian Genocide-Armenian Revolutionary Army), while two were carried out by the Greek organization 17 November and one by the People’s Mujahedin of Iran.
Ambassador (R) Bilal N. Şimşir, in his book Şehit Diplomatlarımız (1973-1994), covers each assassination carried out in 1973-1994 based on the comprehensive archival documentation in the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Intelligence and Research General Directorate archives.
During the conference, the assassinations carried out against Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, consulate workers and their families will be discussed from different aspects.
AVİM wishes to welcome you at this meeting that will be held on 15 March 2016 on Tuesday at 15:00-17:30 at AVİM Conference Hall.
The conference will be in Turkish.
RSVP: Hülya Önalp
Telephone: 0 312 438 50 23-24
Fax: 0 312 438 50 26
E-mail: honalp@avim.org.tr
Venue: AVİM Conference Hall
Address: Süleyman Nazif Sok. No:12/B D.5, Çankaya/ANKARA
Date: 15 March 2016
Time: 15:00 – 17:30